#MeToo: India Today Exec Editor Gaurav Sawant accused of sexual assault

#MeToo: India Today Exec Editor Gaurav Sawant accused of sexual assault The allegations have been made by award-winning journalist Vidya Krishnan, who says that the incident happened in 2003 when she was working at The Pioneer

Current Affairs : India Today’s executive editor and top TV anchor Gaurav

Sawant has been accused of sexual assault. The allegations have been made

by Vidya Krishnan, who was the health editor at The Hindu newspaper in New Delhi till last month.

The case has been investigated and reported by the Caravan magazine’s Nikita Saxena. Krishnan says that the incident took place in 2003 when she was working at The Pioneer newspaper, which was run by Chandan Mitra, a former member of parliament.

The allegations include that he touched the fellow woman journalist’s breasts, asked her to bathe with him, displayed his genitals to her and physically forced her to touch his genitals.

The Wire has reached out to Gaurav Sawant, India Today, Chandan Mitra and Vidya Krishnan for responses. This report will…read more

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